There and Back Again

Get a keg from the goblin stranded on the road to Bladefist Bay and return it to Ram Master Ray's assistant. If you lose your ram, ask Ram Master Ray for another.

Kegs Delivered (3)

Description

Am I glad you're here. We are in big trouble! The goblin that was supposed to be bringing us more brew had an accident on his way from Bladefist Bay. You gotta get us that brew!

I'll put you on one of my racing rams and you follow the road to Bladefist Bay.

Once you get near him he'll toss you a keg, then you run the keg back here and toss the keg to my more capable assistant. For now, all we want are 3 kegs. Do a good job and maybe we'll have another job for you.

Thanks for your help! As long as Brewfest is going, the Dark Iron dwarves are attacking and our supplier is stuck in that canyon, I'll need some help shipping kegs. So if you want to work for more tokens, talk to me every day.

Comment by Roshata

"A tip for quick, easy course changes: once you get your ram pointed on a clear straight path to an apple barrel or keg pick-up or drop-off point, rotate your camera to face the direction you'll want to travel after getting there. That way, when you reach your destination, you can press the right mouse button to change your heading instantly and accurately. The rams are always running, but the game still keeps track of whether your character is in run or stand mode. If you are in run mode many peoples' camera swings to face forward. You can just press your key bound to turn off movement. Your ram will still be running, but your camera will stay in place as if you were standing still."

In a nutshell...as you're running toward one of the NPCs, press and hold your left mouse button to turn your camera around. Then, as soon as you either have a keg or have delivered one (or you get close enough to the NPC to trigger the action) press your right mouse button while still holding the left button and you will immediately swivel around.

I practiced a bit using auto-run before trying it out. Works great and I'm able to max out the keg delivery each time. Ram mount here I come! :D

Comment by shkm

While I'm at it, here's the list of pointers posted in the video's description:

Always stay in a gallop.

Take your time around the apple bushels, they're very easy to miss if you just speed past them.

Make sure you get the kegs; if you don't, go back to the last apple bushel and try again. *Do not* turn around before going back to the bushel as you'll just end up fatigued.

Bind your reins to a convenient button like C or V.

Do not turn with your keyboard. Common sense to some, unthinkable to others; I'd think it's like piloting a fighter jet with a steering wheel.

Have fun with your ram, but remember that drink riding kills.

Comment by Tsuken

Good thing to do at the pickup/dropoff locations is to jump far enough to pick up/drop off a keg, while turning 180 degrees with the right mouse button so you can take off in the opposite direction right away.

Comment by ZannRath

Please note:

You'd think this would be obvious, but I goofed it up good...

You MUST have room in your inventory to receive a portable keg in the repeatable quest. If you do not have room, you will not get the keg, you will not turn on in on return, and you will not get the time extension. It took me about 3-4 passes before I finally realized it...

*Headdesk*

Comment by Cyprin

This quest can be done on your normal ground mount, you don't have to use the ram.

Comment by Yodaonroids

The ram racing is definitely repeatable, however it does not appear to be on a 12 hour timer any more. I believe it resets at the same time as normal dailies. Also, it's not a "quest" per se, so you won't be able to view or reset it from your quest log -- you'll have to wait until it resets on its own.

As for the quest, one of the barrels has been moved, so the old vids & path are not as useful. Instead, go from the start point to the middle apple barrel, then directly to the end barrel. At the end barrel you will probably catch the brew, if not veer closer to the NPC to make sure you catch it. Head directly back toward the middle barrel, then continue straight to the quest starter NPC. If you are able to catch the keg from him with 45 or less fatigue turn directly around & go back to the middle apple barrel. If you lag a bit & don't catch the keg (& get your 2 tokens) fast enough, go behind the tent to reset your fatigue and then continue with the circuit, repeating the above steps.

I was able to get 18 tokens easily following this method. 20 should be fairly do-able if you don't have to go behind the tent. 22 maybe if you are perfect on your turns. Any more than that...well good luck!

Comment by WonderGamer

Blizzard removed the ability to stop while on the ram by pressing back this year, so you now have to get off the ram to actually stop. Last year I would press back for a split second at each apple barrel to make sure my stamina refreshed. This isn't an option this year. Either run into the barrel or take the long way around it to make sure that you don't run out of stamina.

Comment by ScaledDragon

One thing to note that has caused some confusion.

When you originally get this quest, Ram Master Ray is marked with a yellow "quest" exclamation point.

When I went back after 12 hours to get the quest again there was no Blue Daily "quest mark" so I assumed that the Cool Down on the quest was not up yet. I then found out that Ram Master Ray does not get the Blue Daily "quest mark" and that you just have to talk to him in order to get the quest.

So even though it looks like there is not a quest for you to do, just talk to Ram Master Ray after the quest Cool Down and you can pick the quest up again.

Also, Each additional time you quest after the first time, the Brewfest Prize Token reward changes. for all follow-up Keg runs the reward will be 2 Tokens per Keg delivered for the duration of the quest.

Hope this clears up some confusion I had read in General Chat and seen on forums.

Comment by mordante

I don't think this quest is on a 12 hour cool down. I did the quest at 18:00 but I couldn't do it 12 hours later again.The Ram master a a mask on his face when you cannot do the quest. When the mask goes away you can do the quest again. I don't know how often that happens.

Comment by h0lyshadow

I've figured out that the best trick not miss the fatigue-refresh thing is to use the Spacebar and Jump through the apple bushels, it will give you a 100% chance to reset fatigue careless your latency problems.

Happy farming daily to all (while drinking some beerZ!)

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Comment by Crystallyne

Is it just me or did the Horde get the short end of the stick with the keg runs? I have a really hard time doing them, and can only get 9. (I just read some of the tips here, and may see if I can get up to 12, but as of writing this the most I've ever gotten were 9 runs, for 18 tokens.)

But alliance side I have gotten up to 17 runs completed! 34 tokens, compared to only 18 tokens!

This has made me a really sad panda whenever the time comes for me to do my horde alts' keg runs. :(

Comment by Ackeburning

Cata - NPC has been movedDo not trust the broken Quest-Text :)

The NPC is at "50:13", just ride down to the coast - Bladefist BayThat's outside of Orgrimmar, where in the past the zeppelin location to UC/Strangle was positioned

Comment by ligizt

They moved the NPC that gives you the kegs to a place close to the boat where you go to Vashj'ir Landing the first time.

Comment by Artexus

you can do this quest on your flying mount! simply dismount the ram and hop on your mount, makes it a lot faster, sure they'll hotfix it though

Comment by mjinsane

Confirmed, you can fly on your mount :D or use flight form if you're a Druid :p If you're in a group you get credit for someone else delivering also.

Comment by Termak

The new horde riding path is filled with all kinds of sharp items and corners to get stuck into, got 9 barrels just running casually with couple minor fails but almost fulltime galloping, havent tried how many i could get on allychar, but the allyroute is way smoother and straight.

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Comment by AznNoProblem

You can dismount off that ram and do this quest on your flying mount and lolololol

Comment by Illigitimus

Ok, this annoyed me, Blizz havent updated text details in the quest, the goblin is on the road to the docks just outside org, about half way between main gate and Bladefist bay.

Comment by DrainBlut

Despite what the quest says, the NPC that gives you the booze is actually on the road east of org, which doesn't even go to Razor hill. Logic! It's like a cruel joke to make you run around like an idiot expecting him to be on the wrong road.

Comment by Misy

The bug has been fixed during server restarts. Also the npc is NOT on the way to Razor Hills, as the q description says, it's on the way to East, by the sea, where the ships are also. You don't have to follow the road btw, go to your right as you take the q, through the little camp with orcs and archers, its shorter and it also has a barrel of apples.

Comment by Beltane

There are four fruit baskets, shown on this map. The first is next to the quest giver and the last is next to the keg giver.

As of today you can get off your ram and just fly there and back, making the quest a lot quicker. You have to stay mounted for the follow-up daily though, as you don't actually get a quest; as soon as you dismount the event/quest is over

The daily lasts 4 minutes as a base, with 30 seconds added on for each successful keg handed in. Each keg also grants 2 Brewfest Prize Tokens when handed in. The first time I did it I handed in 8 kegs (approximately 1 per minute as 30 seconds are added on each time) granting 16 tokens; 9 kegs is easily doable but I had some (I assume latency related) issues with the baskets resetting stacks.

Comment by tobindax

Bugged in 2011. The text sends you elsewhere.

Also the follow up pisses me off since if you don't know the event beforehand, you are 80% of losing the tokens since there is no much confirmation that if you dismount immediately you lost all your chance for that daily.

Comment by murzoo90

I just did this on my flying mount!

Comment by Stevenskii

It seems that the follow up has become easier than it used to be. I only recall being able to get 6 kegs last year where this year I got 9-10 of them. However, the route is much more difficult now.

Comment by shadowboy813

As of 2011 Brewfest, I did this quest and found that if you right click off the ram buff, fly on your normal flying mount, the goblin will still toss you the keg and you can still return them (the goblin near bladefist bay, NOT on the road to razorhill--the quest text is outdated). Flying at 310% allows you to finish this quest much faster.

Comment by Nepturion

Bok Dropcertain location is 50,13 outside Orgrimmar, he will give you the kegs.Once you have exited org entrance head left and you'll see banners.You dont need to be on the ram to collect the kegs.

Comment by lifeslowlydies

The goblin for this quest is located on the way to Bladefist Bay. The goblin is not on the way to Razor Hill like the quest says. Run passed orgrimmar and go start towards the port, you shall the goblin. Also for the original quest you can use your flying mount, however, for the daily you must use the ram.

Comment by Arearda

Not sure who else may have had this issue, but if you click the reigns too quick upon mounting on the ram, it will actually dismount you.

Had this happen on the quest (which I dropped and could pick up again), but I lost the daily because of this glitch.

Comment by drakobg

It seems there may be is a bug. If you use the Ram Racing Reins too early the ram didn't appear and you are not able to finish the quest. You can abandon it and try again. Unfortunately this isn't working for the repeatable one :(

Comment by scottiegazelle

For some reason I had a hard time getting him to throw me a keg. Finally realized you have to be running (trotting, etc), not just walking.

Comment by Stormlight

I really want to know how this is considered "the road to Razor Hill". From where? Undercity?

Comment by dragothica

Am I the only one who thinks this "quest" bugs sometimes and the mount simply refuses to eat the apples from the barrels?

Even if I run towards a barrel for good long time it won't always eat it and the Exhaustion counter doesn't reset.

Comment by Emphlur

Dunno if its a bug, But I dismissed my ram then jumped on my Flying mount and was able to get keg and finish the quest that way!

I'm a Druid on Horde side

Comment by Thundermoose

I had a very, very annoying bug on the daily that I didn't have the previous years.

I'm used to the ram rarely not eating at some of the buckets, and while annoying it's understandable considering I'm just blazing by it (even though I always make sure to touch the bucket to try and avoid it).

What's not understandable is to arrive at the goblin midways through the quest and him simply refusing to throw me a keg. aprox. 1 min 20 seconds did I spend running around him, through and at him before he finally decided to throw it..

I was the only person there and it's not my internet.

Not the end of the world, but hairpullingly annoying none the less.

Comment by Stabsworth

Definitely just did this quest in Druid bird form. Got on a ram and hit flight form and was able to do the quest. Pretty sure this is a glitch.

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Comment by Jimmybob117

Theres a much easier way to complete this quest, wether it is a bug or not I do not know.

Accept the quest, and then get rid of the Ram buff. Simply then mount up and fly over to Bok Dropcertain and he will chuck you keg as usual.

Makes doing the quest a lot easier and quicker.

Comment by borderlad

"...had an accident on his way from Razor Hill." Must have been some accident! It threw him pretty far from anywhere you might go if you read the quest text.

Stupid and not-fun, having the quest text send you in the wrong direction.

Comment by gortax27

It says "on the road to Razor Hill" because that's where he used to be, but they just didnt update the quest text to say hes on the docks road.

Comment by Vindictae

Quite frankly, I did this on my alliance Worgen, and their route is fast, almost dead straight and simple.Whoever came up with this one needs to have their head examined.

Comment by betosalazar

This quest looks bugged. Looking for Bok and without the ram i got the keg. I delivered it three times and got quest completed. No ram, no time, Easy money... err... easy tokens.

Comment by namilea

Here's a link to a video that shows how to do this and the path you need to take to get it done quick and get the most tokens you can. (Video shows Horde and Alli paths) http://youtu.be/iOO_Ktu-NBo

Comment by firestarcat

ok so we all like to get the most coins right? well unless your a dark iron dwarf haha. well hear the trick (horde) where the quest giver ram master ray is there is a bucket of apples just behind him. there is one by the blockade. where the lvl 60 archers are at there a whats looks like to me a path way from ram master ray and the dual ground there is a bucket there so by them you have about eh 30-40 points. eath the apples there .. you will have to go into soem boxes asnd some cati. go pass the dualing grounds adn thru 2 rocks and keep going straight. you will see a metal roadblick.inbetween that and the cliff there is another bucket of apples this one is about 75 points . just head down the small slple and go about 5 yards he will hit ya with a beer keg hit the apples you just got. ans just re trace the path ya went. rinse lather and repeat( this is a not very good map but it will do)http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=14:505126455145433143 this is soem what where the buckets are i hope thsi helps . sorry for spelling errors i sucks at it. enjoy the endless coinds. if you do this with out hitting anythign or getting fateige you will get about eh 10-15 coins 20 if you do good(top score for me is 22)

You will realistically only need the middle two apple buckets, but the other two waypoints are listed below for them. Just run back and forth between these 4 points while beating your ram like a red headed step child (use the macro below on your action bar). Be sure to enable minimap waypoints and set your clear waypoint distance to zero so they don't get cleared when you run by them the first time. You will see the buckets appear as green dots your minimap. I found this helpful because they would often not load quickly enough when I was running fast on the ram so I couldn't see exactly where they would be. The receive and deliver points err on the side of caution.

Don't forget to use this macro on your bar for the action button so you can steer with your mouse:

(I originally posted this for the alliance side quest and noticed there was no tomtom love on the horde page so I changed the points and posted info again over here. Having done the quest on both factions, I will say the horde version is much more difficult due to the weird route you have to take through all the huts and the constant duels going on outside Org. No one seems to know the easiest route on horde side, whereas for alliance, everyone was following the same easy route right along the road back and forth. The only issue with the quest for ally side is the annoying trees in your face.)